Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-06-02

Awards Of Contracts, and Character of
Pavement.

NV 3kOo VI SOutH6CuSs anu uaHuCteI Oh
Pavement.
The District Commissioners have approved the
Recommendation OF Capt. Eugene Grimm In the
matter OF the awards OF contracts for the im-
provement OF streets and the material TO be used
In the work The following is the schedule; Coal
Tar distfllate pavements will be laid In the fol-
lowing sections and streets:
GR0BGErowN.
Slst street nom TO n, q street from 30th 70
Valley street, :S5th street from street 10 -
street, Dumharton street from 2sth TO ed. A.
L Barber & Co., contractors
NORTHWEST SECTION.
q street from 9th street TO Rhode Island avenues
X street from 2lst street TO Connecticut avenue,
9Th street from X TO s street. 18th street from
Rhode Island avenue 70 Vermont avenue. q street
from liIh street TO Connecticut ave-, 18th street
nc srr.s 70 & street 18th street from !
street from New Jersey avenue TO North Capt
toll street, + street from New Jersey avenue TO
North Capitol street, q street from New Jersey
avenue to North Capitol street, MASSACHUSETTS,
avenue from New Jersey avenue To North Capitol
street, both street from Pennsylvania avenue 10
street, and New Jersey avenue from Nj street to
boundary; d. l. CRAWFORD, and Barber 4 Co, con-
SOUTHWEST SECTION
street, from Sd street to Virginia avenue.
asphalt blocks: street, from Ist to ~ street.
SoAA-coA ctftct, from ou 10 StFtct.
coa-tar dstillate; street, from ID 10 Az street,
coal-taf distfllate; Z street, from 9TH 10 River
street, graded and regulated; q street from NJ
street to River street. graded and regulated; II. L.
CT8hlOru ana A. Gleason, contractors.
SOUTHEAST SECTION.
Sixth street, from Pennsylvania avenue to l.
street, asphalt block; 9TH street. from Pennsylva-
MIA to East Capitol street, asphalt block street,
from 9th to 9TH street, asphalt block; ID street
from Pennsylvania avenue TO c street, asphal.
Virginia In Sfr q,
graded and regulated. Maloney q Buckley, con-
tractors.
NORTHEAST SECTION.
Third street, from street 10 Maryland avenue,
asphalt block; I'd street, from street to Mary
land avenue, asphalt block; street. from 9th
from 4th to 9TH street, diStillate; q street. from
North Capitol street to I'd street. graded and regu-
sachusetts avenue, distillate: North capitol street.
from Massachusetts, avenue TO street distillate
Maloney, Gleason and Barber, contractors.
District Government Affairs.
THE NEW DISTRICT OFFICES.
Commissioners Webb and Wheatley inspected
the work upon the new District building to-day,
and as result they fear that 1t will not be ready
for occupancy by July next, although Mr. Smith
may be able to prepare a part OF IL 10y that time.
Mt. Webb is very much pleased with the manner
In which the work is being done and saws that the
accommodations for the various District Offices
will be better than the District has ever had.
WILL NOT EXECUTE HIS CONTRACT.
VIM. II. MOhler has declined to execute his con-
tract for supplying the District with brick and
pipe sewers, receiving basins. &c. The reason he
gives is that his bid was based on miscalcuations
NOT ENTITLED TO PAY FOR HOLIDAYS.
District Attorney Riddle has decided that per
diem employees and labOrers OF the District govern
ment are not entitled TO Day for national holidays
GOING DOWN FOR A FOUNDATION.
The Commissioners have authorized the fnspec-
tor OF buildings TO sink the excavations and brick
foundations for the public building TO be
age depth OF six feet beyond the depth speci ss
in the contract The work will cost about 81 800
additional.
BUILDING PERMITS
nave been issued by Inspector EntwiSe as follows:
s. Hutchtns, to erect brick dwelling, $1,000, num-
bered 1925 COrc0ran street northwest: G. A. Har.
yey, to erect brick dwelling, $4,000, numbered
14OS 18th street northwest; s. HutchinS, 60 erect
brick dwelling, $4,000, numbered 1764 street
northwest; b. and p. r. II. Company, to erect
brick round house. $40 OOO at South Capitol, H. /
and j streets southeast; L. and p r. r. Com
pany, to erect brick store-house $4,000, at cor
ner South Capitol and ii streets southeast. Ms.
ID. Repetu, to erect brick dwelling, 3, 800, num-
bered 2O6 I'd street southeast; Dir. Bsphman,
to erect brick dwelling, GIG, 600, on Connecticut
avenue, between q and X streets northwest; S. w.
TullOck, TO alter No. 500 East Capitol street:
q, 600; Robert Ball, to alter No. :e33 @ street
northwest, $3.50: H. N: Dellinger, 70 alter No. sal
street northwest, $500; X. A. Phillips to alter
No. 415 street southeast; $500.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Mr.. II. 4. Davis assistant attorney OF the Dis
tIlct; has competed the revision OF the new police
Commissioners. They Will not be made public for
some time yet.
Mr.. J. @. Madison, Waterman at the G-strees
property yard has been discharged by the District
commissioners, who have appointed j. I. Phillips
to I'LL the vacancy.
Commissioner Ludlow has been absent from
his Office this week on account Ut the serious
illness OF his mother.
Prof. Baird a Good Deal Better.
4 wa mad af pfaf atsl-, q
O'clock that he was sitting up and feeling consid-
erabiy improved. He had a comfortable night